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Relief. Tonight's game was a totally different game than the one we saw on Saturday. Rather than relying on some late-game heroics, the Thunder relied on sound basketball strategy and some of the steadiest freethrow shooters in the league.
I've already described my emotions surrounding the game, so in this recap, I'd just like to touch on a few things that went right and wrong tonight.
KEVIN. DURANT. WATCH IT AGAIN GET EDUCATED, SON JUMP OVER ROOFTOPS AND RIP UP CHAIRS Wait, this was game 1?
At the end of every game, Welcome To Loud City hands out its awards; Thunder Wonder, Blunder, Down Under, and Plunderer. Throughout the season, I've been keeping a running tally of the award recipients in order to award our annual and highly cherished "End of Year Awards." Awards are presented to the player who had accumulated the most of a given award over the course of a year.
It's been a wild and wacky shortened season, and, unfortunately, it ended in disappointment tonight. Despite Scott Brooks pulling his starters yesterday against the Kings, he decided to play things a big differently tonight and put his starters back in. But, disappointingly, the Thunder starters flat out lost this game.
In a meaningless game, there's usually not much to cheer for. Fans of bad teams turn into vipers and just want to tank for a good pick, and fans of good teams usually just sit there hoping their star players don't get injured. But this game....was different.
What if World Peace never hit Harden with his elbow? Would the Thunder have won this game? What if both of the Thunder's plays at the end of regulation and the end of OT weren't ridiculously low percentage threes? What if Kobe Bryant wasn't the greatest clutch player of all time? What if I ate a hamburger for lunch instead of a chicken sandwich?
The Thunder started out from behind in this one, climbed back into competitiveness, gained a lead in the third, and maintained it throughout the fourth. They never managed to completely pull away, but the Kings never really threatened to make a serious run.
"I think once anybody gets into a groove and their shots start flowing, their confidence gets higher." -James Harden
The Thunder dominated the first half, and played excellent defense throughout. But they lost. Because of a terrible, terrible second half offensive collapse.
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If it looks like gambling, acts like gambling and feels like gambling, we don't need a pit boss to tell us what's going on.
Seminole County knows it. The county has fought against strip-mall casinos for years, banning them and then waging a court challenge to shut them down.
Other local governments, including Orange and Lake counties, know it too. They have their own rules against digital slot machine rooms.
It was our state Legislature that chose not to understand what's been going on inside so-called Internet Cafes, a name that makes sense only if we also call strip clubs "dance halls" and drug dealers "pharmaceutical reps."
And so for years, efforts to ban strip-mall casinos statewide failed.
But one thing our Legislature does understand is how to cover their backsides.
A criminal investigation made public this week into Allied Veterans of the World, a major storefront casino operator and contributor of at least $1.3 million to elected officials' campaign coffers, seems to have cleared up any confusion in Tallahassee.
And cued the behind-covering.
Now state lawmakers can't pass a ban on strip-mall slots fast enough. A House committee approved a proposal to outlaw them on Friday, and that bill will likely make its way to the House floor next week. A Senate committee will take up a ban early next week.
How's that for fast?
With one elected official already down — Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigned Wednesday, after she was questioned by police about her connection to Allied Veterans — it seems lawmakers really can move quickly when they want to.
This case is unsavory on a lot of levels. Not only are the leaders of Allied Veterans charged with running an illegal gambling operation, investigators also say claims that the group served veterans is also a sham.
The only thing worse than a $300 million money-laundering and racketeering enterprise is one that also exploits veterans.
But, again, it didn't take much to tell that Allied Veterans wasn't exactly in the business of serving veterans.
It took Thomas Brennan, who served in Vietnam, all of about five minutes to realize that back in 2009.
It's been nearly four years since the day Brennan and his wife stopped for lunch at Chick-fil-A in a shopping plaza on S.R. 436 near Hunt Club Boulevard in Seminole County.
After lunch, his wife wanted to go to the Tuesday Morning next door. Brennan had no interest in that, so he decided to check out a storefront labeled "Allied Veterans Affiliate No. 67."
The economy was bad, and he knew a lot of vets were unemployed. Brennan saw the "Internet Center" sign on the door and said he figured it must be there to help veterans apply for jobs online.
"Then I walked in there and the first thing I saw was an armed guard standing at the door," said Brennan, now 71. "There wasn't anybody on the Internet. They were all playing slot machines."
He called the Seminole County Sheriff's Office to report what he saw.
Last week, during a press conference to detail the Maseratis and mansions and bank accounts seized as part of the investigation, Sheriff Don Eslinger referred to Brennan's call as one of the early complaints that prompted the investigation.
Nobody is naive enough to think the investigation is the sole reason behind the Legislature's newfound zeal for banning storefront casinos.
There's pressure building from the dog tracks and card rooms, the horse tracks and "racinos," as well as the big Las Vegas-style casinos that don't operate in Florida, but want to.
They don't like the competition and are seizing an opportunity to eliminate their rivals.
But no matter the reason, lawmakers are finally wising up to what lots of other people knew long ago.
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THE TAXI COMPLEX AT 34TH AVE. & RINGSBY CT. HAS BEEN A MAJOR CATALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT IN RIVER NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD. Doors OPEN Denver tourgoers can visit all kinds of structures, historic to cutting-edge during the two-day event. Shown: Drive 1 at Taxi
by Eric Peterson
Founded in 1975, Denvers
Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (INC) was born of the politics of the time.
by Paul Kashmann
Two of Denvers high-profile
neighborhoods urge you to shed cabin fever, stretch your legs and get an
insiders look at some of the areas most appealing homes, at the University
Park and Washington Park East home tours, coming up in early May.
by Cäsar von Gaiberg
Chihuahuas and Cockers to Pekinese and Pugs. From Afghans to Yorkies, and Beagles and Bassets to Weimaraners
and Whippets.
by C.S. Holling
continues to mount that rapid climate change has already begun to alter Earths
ecological balance, and environmentalists worldwide will mark the 44th
anniversary of the original Earth Day, on Tues., April 22.
In an effort to reduce the amount
of disorderly conduct attributed to intoxicated
visitors to Washington Park, a proposal for a complete ban on alcohol in the
park has been put forth by District 7 City Councilman Chris Nevitt.
by Arthur Guerin
One of south Denvers favorite
rites of spring will return for its 35th edition, when the Old
South Gaylord Memorial Day Street Festival welcomes friends and
neighbors to the 1000 block of S. Gaylord St., Sun.-Mon., May 25-26.
by Amy Allen
With all due respect to our
president, weve got your affordable health care right here.
by Lady Eve Balfour
Kick-start the spring landscaping
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500 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA | Directions 7013029.957067 -90.066959
Neighborhoods: French Quarter, French Quarter - CBD
Well I am from New Orleans borned and raised but two weeks ago moved to Virginia where I attend college. Chris Owens was a every weekend spot for me. I would go to Bourbon and stay in Chris Owens all night. The people that are there are always there and we were like family. The bouncers, the bartenders, and the DJ are very friendly and are apart of my family now. What more can I say beside I LOVE CHRIS OWENS!!!!!
I like Chris Owens. – Nex to Jazz Emporium, this is one of the finest establishments in New Orleans. At first, the Club caught my attention because it appeared to be filled with 100 different versions of Lil' Wayne. In addition, upon hearing an agreeable song, a few of the female patrons girated their bottoms at a mesmerizing pace while supporting their body weight on their cheeks and forearms. I liked this. After sitting Indian Style in the street for approximately 13 seconds to soak it all in, I decided to venture inside and purchase a beer. The bartender wasn't friendly ("whiiiiite boy, whachtu want?"), but I didn't mind. I was too busy trying to kiss a man with gold teeth in his mouth. If you like fun, then I suggest you visit this bar. The other reviewers of Chris Owens probably didn't smile and say "I like you" to any of the other guests...hence, the robberies. Keep that in mind.
Never visit this club – Myself and my family went on vacation to New Orleans and visited the Chris Owens Club which was the worst thing we could have ever done. As we were leaving the club about 15 to 20 locals from the bar and the bouncer started to follow us out and they jumped my husband, neice and they beat up my nephew until he was unconscious. They robbed my nephew while he was unconscious lying there on Bourbon Street right in front of the Chris Owens Club and other locals from the bar yanked my nieces purse out of her hands. Please do not take the risk of going to this club and letting this happen to you or your family and friends.
Stay away from this NIght Club !!!! – This club is dangerous. We were vacationing in New Orleans and my family was attacked by the bouncer and the patrons beat my family up outside of the bar and robbed them.
Please do not go to this establishment for your own safety.
Death of A King – Went to Chris Owens club and saw "Jumbo" the great Al Hert, just a month before his death. Here was one of the greatest living jazz players in the world on a Saturday night and there were a total of 12 paid customers! It felt bad for Hert that the place across the street blaring taped Rolling Stones music was packed with hundreds of college kids trying to see who would get drunk first and the best jazz player alive at the time only drew 12 people. Drinks and service were fine.
1 – went there recently on my trip to the Big Easy - while the entertainment was interesting the Bar is a ripoff!!!!! Draft & Can Beer prices clealy marked as "$5.00" and the bartender charged us $6.00 each!!!!! Outrageous!!!!! Won't go there again and defintiely do not recommend to anyone.
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Those look great Marko - I really like the cap on the ferrule. If I sell some guitars this year we'll talk.
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That's still less than what I would have thought. I guess the milling equipment comes in handy for the handles. I love how clean looking they come out.
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I lifted Elle up into a halo of leaves, her chubby arms outstretched towards the glassy red apple that hung like a small garnet bead from the boughs of this backyard apple tree.
"Apple!" She was delighted at the prize, firm and slick in her little palm, a duo of leaves still clinging to the stem. But as is the toddler way, the just-picked apple held her attention only until something else caught her eye; like the nearby mound of dirt, piled into a neat heap by some backyard rodent. Elle wriggled out of my arms and stomped away towards the pile, leaving her apple with me.
It had taken just a moment – lifting my little girl into this apple tree in my father's backyard in La Veta, Colo.; this lopsided tree, whose branches had been broken over the years by the neighborhood bears in their hunt for easy snacks. I wouldn't have thought much of it, raising Elle into the air to pick an apple, had my grandparents not been there to paint that moment with the more dazzling brushstrokes of reminiscence.
"I remember your grandfather lifting you up like that, into our old pear tree," my grandmother said, just as Elle busily bustled away to go bury her fingers in the dirt. I knew just the moment she was recalling, because I also remember it vividly.
My grandfather, tall and gentle, lifting me up into a canopy of quietly fluttering leaves, towards the bright heat of the sun. Feeling at once the airy buoyancy of inhabiting a small body, one that could easily be hoisted into the sky to capture a faraway prize, in a world otherwise inhabited by strong grandfathers and tall fruit trees; and also the firm, wholesome wholeness of a fresh-picked pear, that has suddenly materialized in the palm of my little hand.
I wonder if my grandparents and I remember that moment more vividly than the rest because there is a washed-out photograph somewhere, of two strong arms lifting a blonde-haired little girl towards a pear in a tree. For whatever reason, between sepia-toned photographs and storytelling we've memorialized this moment of pear-picking above many of the rest of our memories. And so it returns to us at times like these, when I'm lifting Elle into an apple tree during a weekend visit with my family.
Elle is my grandparents' first great-grandchild; I was their first grandchild. Two girls who like to play in the dirt, as my grandmother pointed out last weekend. I had been telling her about my vegetable garden this summer, and how we had eaten salads out of it nearly every night, how Elle loved the fresh broccoli we picked, and that we grew one monster zucchini before everything froze.
I'm sure it was my grandparents' enchanted gardens in Oklahoma, which I explored for hours when I was young, that inspired me to grow a garden for my daughter. I am still convinced that there was some kind of magic growing from that dark, loamy soil, sprouting up alongside curling pea vines and wispy carrot tops. I found snapping turtles in the strawberry patch and smelled the sweet-honey scent of jasmine. And there was also, of course, that one exceptional pear tree.
If time didn't have its meddling way of changing things, Elle would also have the chance to dig her fingernails into the soil of that lush, enchanted garden. But we may have to settle for plucking hail-pocked apples out of a rogue tree at my father's house with Elle's great-grandparents standing by, since time has indeed changed things.
My grandfather underwent bypass heart surgery a few years back, and last Thanksgiving my grandmother spent nearly a month in the hospital after undergoing two surgeries to fix an intestinal problem.
Their bodies have been bent by time's vestiges, not unlike that lopsided apple tree with the broken branches that came with the La Veta fixer-upper my father and his wife purchased as a vacation home many years ago. My grandfather, who once escaped a sinking Navy ship, then spent much of the rest of his life working ranches in Texas and New Mexico, now uses a walker. My grandmother, who grew vegetables and sewed clothing for her five children, has become thin and fights vertigo after standing in the kitchen too long. The erosion of time is apparent, slowing them down significantly and causing them to pack many things away, including their green thumbs. Yet despite the physical limitations of their advanced age, they continue to cultivate the seeds that were planted decades ago, through the moments that live on through the stories they tell.
And so we make the trek across the state every fall to visit them at my father's house in La Veta, where they spend a month or two. We eat meals together, we go for walks, but mostly we tell stories; from me, stories of Elle and things like our garden, and from them, stories of raising my father and caring for me when I was young.
Although they shouldn't, many of the stories they tell bring with them a poignant stab, evoking a mix of gratitude and melancholy that grips my throat and makes it difficult to say everything I want to tell them. I want to go back to their garden and pick pears. I want my daughter to feel the incredible lightness of being lifted up into the air by the arms of her great-grandfather. I want to be there to take a photograph that someday we'll show her daughter.
It is, I know, not healthy to wish to live in the past – even if it's just to relive one bright moment. But I find myself wishing my grandparents could cheat time, at least for a little bit longer, so that Elle could tuck away a memory or two of them. She just might. I hope so.
I brought along a loaf of the zucchini bread I had made from my garden's monster squash (it wasn't good for much else.) My grandparents claimed it was superb, showering me with compliments: Not only had I baked a loaf of zucchini bread to share for breakfast, I had also grown the zucchini!
Later, helping my grandmother with the breakfast dishes, she told me she was proud of me; proud that I was a mother who grew zucchini and baked bread.
Again, I couldn't find the words to express my gratitude to her, the woman who helped me become the zucchini-growing bread-baking mother I am. So I just hugged her and tried not to cry, feeling this time no melancholy; only a deep appreciation for the seeds she has planted and which my daughter will tend.


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MONTROSE – The Montrose Board of County Commissioners granted the Montrose Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees permission to enter into a yearlong lease agreement with Region 10 for office space at their March 18 meeting.
The MMH BOT had signed the lease agreement for office space located in the Region 10 building at 300 N. Cascade Ave. in October, but without securing BOCC approval. Citing state statutes, the BOCC directed the MMH BOT last month to bring them a new lease agreement proposal for approval.
At that time, County Attorney Robert Hill opined that the commissioners could approve the lease retroactively, but commissioners Ron Henderson and David White disagreed, and called for the MMH BOT to draft a new lease agreement for their approval.
This time around, the trustees received approval on the lease agreement with no opposition from the commissioners.
"We've got our t's crossed and our i's dotted this time," Board of Trustees President Donald Vacca said.
The amended lease is effective from through Feb. 28, 2014.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City lacked proper internal controls over the way it paid a vendor hired to integrate its communications system, but a state audit suggests there was no evidence to support allegations of misappropriated public funds for personal gain.
State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones released the audit of Oklahoma City's public safety information technology project on Tuesday. City officials requested the audit in October.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill Monday allowing cities and counties to restrict tobacco use at parks, libraries, golf courses, baseball fields and other properties beginning Nov. 1.
The bill by State Sen. Frank Simpson (R-Ardmore) and State Rep. Pat Ownbey (R-Ardmore) also formalizes Fallin's executive order issued last year banning tobacco use in state-owned buildings and on state property.
Ownbey says putting the governor's executive order into statute needed to be done, and local control is something lawmakers always talk about.
The Oklahoma Senate has approved a Republican-backed plan to overhaul the state's workers' compensation system, sending the proposal to Gov. Mary Fallin for her likely signature.
The nearly 300-page bill went through several rewrites and adjustments before passing the House, and the Senate approved the House version with a 35-12 vote Tuesday along party lines. All Democrats present opposed the bill.
Originally published on Tue April 30, 2013 1:02 pm
(We updated the top of this post with a recap at 11:45 a.m. ET.)
Joking that a reporter's question Tuesday about whether he has "any juice" left to get things done in Washington made it sound like "I should just pack up and go home," President Obama paraphrased Mark Twain:
"Rumors of my demise may be a little exaggerated," the president said, as he predicted that an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws will be among the things that get accomplished in his second term.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Battles over the regulation of tobacco products are continuing to rage at the Oklahoma Capitol, and anti-smoking forces plan to continue the fight after the Legislature adjourns by seeking a statewide vote on restricting smoking in public places.
Several tobacco-related measures also have been working through the legislative process. Included is a measure awaiting Gov. Mary Fallin's signature that would designate all state-owned buildings and property as nonsmoking.
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Renowned concert soloist and prolific, Grammy-winning cellist Janos Starker died Sunday. He was 88.
The Great Depression is often used as an economic touchstone when the United States suffers difficult economic times.
That is one of the reasons President Barack Obama tapped Christina Romer as the chairwoman of his Council of Economic Advisers, a post she left in 2010.
Her experience and research in studying the fiscal crisis of the late 1920s and 30s became important to the Obama administration as it navigated the nation's deep recession.
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Several arrests have been made in connection with the collapse of an illegally constructed garment factory in Bangladesh last week that killed at least 380 people outside the capital, Dhaka. Meanwhile, rescuers say they have given up hope of finding anyone else alive.
Originally published on Mon April 29, 2013 5:32 pm
The man known as Misha who relatives of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects have alleged may have turned the elder Tsarnaev brother toward a radical form of Islam says he did no such thing and would have tried to stop the attack if he had known about it.
"I wasn't his teacher," Mikhail Allakhverdov (Misha) said Sunday of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. "If I had been his teacher, I would have made sure he never did anything like this."


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Discounted L.D.Eland, Bongo, Giant Forest Hog and Leopard hunt
This is a discussion on Discounted L.D.Eland, Bongo, Giant Forest Hog and Leopard hunt within the GREAT DEALS on Hunts Worldwide forums, part of the HUNT AFRICA category; With the ad-on of a new area to our previous concessions, we have now got quite a few more tags ...
Discounted L.D.Eland, Bongo, Giant Forest Hog and Leopard hunt
With the ad-on of a new area to our previous concessions, we have now got quite a few more tags open. We will now give the interested hunter the possibility to hunt one of the famous trophies of Central Africa for a price which will not very likely turn up again.
14 day hunt for Precious game
23:rd of December - 7:th of January
25:th of March - 8:th of April
29:th of April - 13:th of May
In a case of a 2x2, I could also accept to give a fourth date: 13:th - 27:th
of May
14 day safari for Precious game.
1 Precious game (Eland, Bongo, Giant Forest Hog or Leopard)
1 waterbuck or hartebeest
1 roan
2 buffaloes
1 warthog
1 red river hog
1 harnessed bushbuck
1 oribi
1 yellow back duiker
1 red flanked duiker
1 western bush duiker
1 blue duiker
1 baboon
1.. The price for one hunter hunting 1x1 on these dates will be: 14250 Euro
2.. If two hunters come for the same deal, which means a 2x2, the
price will be: 11250 Euro / hunter
3.. If two hunters would like to split one safari and hunt it on a 2x1
basis. So for example one hunter hunting a Giant Eland and the other the
buffaloes, the price would be: 8000 Euro / Hunter
The price in includes:
- hunt with professional hunter 1:1 or 2:1
- "shot opportunity" on the priority precious game, according to CAWA's
- Use of trackers and hunting car, as much as your PH considers necessary
for the hunt.
- Hunting and weapon licenses in CAR
- Reception at the airport and help in Bangui
- Full board accommodation during the whole stay in CAR, including possible
overnight in Bangui, laundry
- Free bar in the safari camp* (not in Bangui)
- Air charter Bangui - safari camp (round trip)
- Field preparation of trophies
- Dip & Pack
- Airport taxes in Bangui
The price does not include:
- Trophy fees (see web-site list)
- Possible upgrade (see web-site list)
- Trophy shipment and taxidermist
- Gratitude's
- International airway tickets
- Visa and insurance
Quote can also be given in US dollars on request.
Interested hunters are welcome to drop me an e-mail with questions and I will do my best to respond as quick as possible.
Look forward to great hunting.Erik Mararv
Central African Wildlife Adventures (CAWA) - C.A.R.
Tel CAR: +236 75 20 69 58
Tel SAT: +88 216 210 183 67
Tel Europe: +46 70 362 75 75
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Forget Rafa. Why not appoint John Terry as player/manager?
Rafa Benitez is finished. He knows it, Roman Abramovich knows it and the players know it. While Chelsea insisted on Thursday morning that it was "business as usual" at their Cobham training ground, even the Blues aren't so chaotic a club that the past 24 hours can be considered normal.
There seems little point in retaining Benitez now. If he thought that the fans didn't like him before, just wait until they catch up with him on Saturday. It will be ugly. Launching an attack on the supporters is rarely a wise idea, but when nearly 2,000 of them have just jumped on buses to begin a 250-mile journey home from Teeside on a cold weeknight, you have to question your timing. Not that it matters now, of course. Benitez was perfectly entitled to complain, just as the fans were perfectly entitled to oppose his appointment. The blame lies with owner Abramovich and his lieutenants. It would be in everyone's interests if this shambolic union was ended as swiftly as possible.
But what do Chelsea do then?
- Video: Rafa's rant
- Delaney: Strange timing
- "Business as Usual"
- Video: Marcotti's take
They still have to secure a Champions League place and there's still the FA Cup. But where on earth are they going to find a manager crazy enough to sign up for three months in the madhouse? Well ... how about in the back four? How about John Terry?
OK, I'm going to give you a moment to get the giggles out of your system. Finished? Good. It's not quite as daft an idea as you might think.
For starters, it would instantly remove the key problem of "winning over the dressing room." He is, after all, the only possible candidate who wouldn't ever have to face a disgruntled John Terry. While not as universally popular within the club as he is often made out to be, Terry is at least universally respected as a footballer. He wouldn't have too many problems unifying the squad.
There would be no question of the fans booing him, either. If they didn't turn on him for that extended period of radio silence that seemed to invite a bid from Manchester City in 2009, the alleged affair with the mother of a teammate's child or the Anton Ferdinand racial abuse scandal, then they're unlikely to hound him out for a disappointing goal-less draw away at Southampton.
Although Terry doesn't yet have the necessary coaching qualifications, he has already begun the process of earning them. When Middlesbrough appointed Gareth Southgate as a replacement for Steve McClaren in 2006, they had a similar problem, but short-term "special dispensation" was granted, then extended by the Premier League. Though officials were at pains to stress that each case is treated individually and that the decision did not constitute a precedent, Southgate was allowed to continue in the role, as it was accepted that his playing career had not granted him the time to finish his courses.
Chelsea used to love their player-managers. Glenn Hoddle (1993-96), Ruud Gullit (1996-98) and Gianluca Vialli (1998-2000) all happily named themselves in their own starting lineups and all with a certain amount of success. In many ways, it makes even more sense these days.
The role of a manager is now far beyond the powers of one man, unless it's an extraordinary man like Sir Alex Ferguson. Chelsea seem reluctant to devolve that much power to an individual anyway, which is why Jose Mourinho is unlikely to ever return. Abramovich has his own scout, Michael Emenalo. He runs the long-term transfer strategy and there are dozens of minions scuttling around Cobham with important-looking pieces of paper. Terry could appoint an experienced assistant, a good coaching team and then act in something of an executive role, delegating all but the most essential of tasks.
The final benefit, for those of a conspiratorial bent, is that even if Terry's appointment fails in the short term, it will succeed in the long term. For years, Newcastle managers were forced to work in the shadow of Alan Shearer, knowing that every time they lost a couple of matches, his name would be linked to the position. Eventually, Mike Ashley cracked and gave him the job in 2009. He won one game in eight, Newcastle were relegated and Shearer was let go. No-one has worked under that shadow since.
If Terry is appointed and Chelsea miss out on the Champions League, his successors will have one thing less to worry about. If he succeeds, then Chelsea salvage their season and they can decide how to move forward from a position of strength in the summer. Either way, giving Terry three months in the dugout can't be any worse than allowing Benitez to defiantly stride towards the scaffold like a man with nothing to lose. Men like that are dangerous.
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Clarissa McMally, 5, of Upper St. Clair paints a mermaid while Becky Darby of South Fayette watches at Fired Up in McMurray.
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Long ago, pottery was made mostly for functional purposes, but today many people choose to make or paint pottery for gifts or keepsakes for themselves because they enjoy having something they created to call their own.
As a result, several paint-your-own pottery studios have popped up in the area over the past few years. And, with autumn and winter right around the corner, people looking for a fun indoor activity may want to think about unleashing their creative side and painting a piece of pottery at one of three shops in the South Hills.
Locally, there's Fired Up in McMurray, That Pottery Place in South Park and Bisque 'N Brew, a South Hills-based business that brings the ceramics and supplies to people for parties.
Fired Up, located on Washington Road in Peters Township, has been open for about a dozen years but Debra Bracco of Upper St. Clair has owned it for the past one.
With a background in graphic design, Bracco said she wanted to own something that allowed her to feed her creative need. According to Bracco, Fired Up has become a "destination spot" for those interested in painting their own pottery.
"When people walk through the door, they're happy," she said.
Her clients, which are mainly kids accompanied by their parents or friends, can choose from nearly 140 colors and 400 items to paint.
"Our stock lends itself to children," Bracco said of the pieces she carries, which include licensed items from Hello Kitty to Thomas the Train.
"I can't even fathom to tell you what has been made here," Bracco said. "When I look in the kiln at what has been fired, I am always amazed.
"You can take a plate and turn it into anything," Bracco explained.
Fired Up has regular nights in which women can get together with friends, bring their own food and drink and paint a piece of pottery. The business also has a party area for children with birthday packages available.
Fired Up also has dedicated nights in which the business donates a portion of its sales to charities relating to events such as National Celiac Disease Day and National Diabetes Day. Additionally, Fired Up is involved in the Adopt-a-dog program. For example, patrons can choose a ceramic dog from the cage in the front window and paint it. Five dollars from the sale goes to the Washington Area Humane Society. The person painting the dog also receives an adoption certificate and can name their dog.
To celebrate one year of ownership, Fired Up will be having a special birthday party/grand re-opening starting at 11 a.m. Sept. 28. There will be giveaways and chances to win prizes like an iPod. Additionally, each painter will receive a free bisquie, a small ceramic item, to paint.
That Pottery Place is located in the South Park Shops along Route 88 and is owned by Kim Shaeffer. The Peters Township resident runs the business with her brother, Jim Peelor. In addition to the paint-your-own pottery, That Pottery Place offers classes on how to use a pottery wheel. In August, That Pottery Place began offering classes on how to make items like bowls, plates and candleholders with fused glass.
"There's no other place to make a (fused) glass bowl in the South Hills," Schaeffer said. She added people can just walk in and say, "I want to do glass," and they can begin the process.
Everything made at That Pottery Place is glazed and fired. Hence, the ceramics and fused-glass pieces are food, dishwasher and microwave safe. "I've always been crafty," said Schaeffer. "I worked at another paint-your-own pottery place a few years ago and I liked it so much I decided I can do this on my own."
Schaeffer's customers range from children to new moms who want to put their baby's footprints on a plate to ladies who have their bachelorette parties at the studio.
"It's truly ageless," she said of making ceramics.
That Pottery Place offers nearly 100 colors of paint as well as a wide variety of figurines and other pieces like plates and bowls. With three kilns in the back room, Shaeffer fires everything in-house, including the fused-glass pieces.
While younger kids usually want to make some type of figurine that Schaeffer calls "collectibles", their parents encourage them to make something like a mug or bowl. "Adults usually make something much more functional," Schaeffer laughed. Couples like coming in to make something on the pottery wheel. "The ninth anniversary gift is pottery," Schaeffer noted.
The majority of people coming in to That Pottery Place make items for themselves. The one exception is the holiday season when customers come in to make Christmas items or gifts like large platters or chip and dip trays for family and friends. "At holiday time, about 90 percent of people that come here are making gifts for someone," Schaeffer said.
That Pottery Place offers birthday party packages. In addition, the party room can be reserved for other functions or gatherings.
Bisque 'N Brew offers a different twist on the paint-your-own pottery studio, in that the business is not in one set location. Owner Sara Hauck comes to any South Hills-area location; homes, schools, community centers, anywhere people want to paint their own pottery. She brings all the materials including the pottery, paint and brushes.
When the pieces are done, Hauck will glaze and fire them at the customer's request. For a faster turnaround, Hauck said people can choose to do their pieces in just acrylics. These don't need to be glazed and fired. As a result, clients can have them that same day.
Hauck also offers the opportunity for people to work in clay so they can actually sculpt a piece before it's painted.
"Every single kid can paint," Hauck said about area children who have their birthday parties with the help of Bisque 'N Brew. She added that painting a piece can also be a "good addition to a sleepover" or something that Girl Scouts can do together. Hauck recommends that kids be preschool age or over to participate.
In addition to after-school programs at area elementary schools and other children's programs, Hauck also travels to senior centers and churches to help people paint.
Hauck has done several bachelorette parties as well. For those, Hauck said she sets everything up, gets the ladies going on their projects and then leaves. The next day, she returns to pick up items to be fired.
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Greetings from Austin, Minnesota! Located on I-90, visitors from the west will come through this major city located on the Cedar River.
Austin is the home of the Fortune 500 company -- Geo. A. Hormel & Company. Hormel is the largest independent meat and food processor in America, but Austin is more than that!
Austin offers the visitor a wide array of seasonal activities, from summer fairs; fishing in area lakes and streams to cross-country skiing in the winter. We are the county seat of Mower County located approximately 100 miles south of the Twin Cities and about 12 miles north of the Iowa border.
Our Chamber of Commerce will be happy to supply you with information on what to see, what to do, and where to stay. Please give us a call at 1-800-444-5713 or write: Austin Visitor's Bureau, 329 Main St. N, Suite 106L, Austin MN 55912.
If you're driving from the west, take the Highway 16 exit off of I-90 and head toward Grand Meadow. Located near the border of Fillmore County and Mower County, Grand Meadow offers a variety of downtown shopping. Just east of town is Pine Lawn, a well known area picnic spot.
Just south of Stewartville on Highway 63 is the small town of Racine. Racine boasts one of the areas most well known restaurants, The 7th Rib.
South of Racine, near the junction of Highways 63 & 16 is Deer Creek Speedway. During the racing season, regular stock car races are held nearly every weekend.


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Split pea soup is the inspiration for this hearty stew. Like split peas, chickpeas need to simmer for a long time, making them great for a slow cooker. More Slow Cooker Recipes
Slow Cooker Ham Hock and Chickpea StewSlow Cooker Ham and Chickpea Stew
8 cups hot water
4 smoked ham hocks (2 1/2 pounds)
1 1/2 cups dried chickpeas, soaked overnight and drained
3 large carrots, cut into 2-inch lengths
1 medium onion, cut into 1-inch dice
2 bay leaves
2 thyme sprigs
Three medium (6-ounce) red-skinned potatoes, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1. In a slow cooker, combine the water, ham hocks, chickpeas, carrots, bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour and 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, Add the potatoes, cover and cook on low for 1 hour and 45 minutes, until the chickpeas, ham hocks and potatoes are tender.
2. Transfer the ham hocks to a large plate. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. When the hocks are cool enough to handle, remove the meat and coarsely chop it. Return the ham to the soup. Using a paring knife, cut the carrots in the cooker into bite-size pieces. Transfer the potatoes to a bowl and mash to a puree. Stir the mashed potatoes into the soup along with the parsley. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
MAKE AHEAD The soup can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. Reheat gently.
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